There are different ways how to make a request in Java. Considering Restlet framework:
// Prepare the data for the request String ontology = "http://nb.vse.cz/~svabo/oaei2009/data/cmt.owl"; String instructions = "<instructions><oppl_script><remove>hasDecision domain Paper</remove><remove>hasDecision range Decision</remove><remove>Acceptance subClassOf Decision</remove><add>hasDecision domain Paper</add><add>hasDecision range Decision</add><add>Acceptance subClassOf Decision</add><add>!AcceptedPaper equivalentTo (hasDecision some Acceptance)</add></oppl_script><entities><rename type='ObjectProperty' original_name='hasDecision'>hasDecisionPaper</rename><entit y type='Class' original_name='Paper'>Paper</rename><rename type='Class' original_name='Decision'>Decision</rename></entities></instructions>"; Representation entity = new StringRepresentation("ontology="+ontology+"&instructions+"instructions", MediaType.TEXT_XML); // Prepare the request ClientResource resource = new ClientResource("http://owl.vse.cz:8080/ontologyTransformation/transformation"); // Send the HTTP POST request resource.post(entity); //Do what you want with a response, e.g.: resource.getResponseEntity().write(System.out);
Considering Java standard library, an HTTP client, the code snippet would be as follows:
// Prepare the data for the request NameValuePair[] data = { new NameValuePair("ontology", "http://nb.vse.cz/~svabo/oaei2009/data/cmt.owl"), new NameValuePair("binding", "<instructions><oppl_script><remove>hasDecision domain Paper</remove><remove>hasDecision range Decision</remove><remove>Acceptance subClassOf Decision</remove><add>hasDecision domain Paper</add><add>hasDecision range Decision</add><add>Acceptance subClassOf Decision</add><add>!AcceptedPaper equivalentTo (hasDecision some Acceptance)</add></oppl_script><entities><entity type='ObjectProperty' original_name='hasDecision'>hasDecisionPaper</entity><entit y type='Class' original_name='Paper'>Paper</rename><rename type='Class' original_name='Decision'>Decision</rename></entities></instructions>") }; // Prepare the request HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); PostMethod post = new PostMethod("http://owl.vse.cz:8080/ontologyTransformation/transformation"); post.setRequestBody(data); // Execute the method. int statusCode = client.executeMethod(post); //Do what you want with a response, e.g.: InputStream in = post.getResponseBodyAsStream();